''Market-rate housing'', homeownership or rental housing which is not restricted to occupancy by low or moderate income households; provided, however, that ''market-rate housing'' may be available for occupancy by households without regard to income and may also include housing subject to maximum income limits to be occupied by households with gross income greater than 80 per cent but not more than 150 per cent of the area median household income as most recently determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, adjusted for household size.
''Program'', the regional public housing innovation program under this section.
''Public housing'', state-assisted housing developed through funds provided under chapter 200 of the acts of 1948, chapter 667 of the acts of 1956, chapter 705 of the acts of 1966, chapter 689 of the acts of 1974 and chapter 167 of the acts of 1987.
''Regional housing authority'', a housing authority established pursuant to section 3A.
''Very low income household'', a household with a gross income at or less than 50 per cent but greater than 30 per cent of area median household income as most recently determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, adjusted for household size.